Penny Wong to daughters: ‘I work & fight for the world I want for you’

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Senator Penny Wong has delivered another emotional speech in the Senate today, in support of the Dean Smith bill aiming to legalise same-sex marriage.

Sharing her own personal experiences of prejudice as well as why she’s supporting the bill, she concluded by thanking her partner and two young daughters.

“I say to Sophie, thank you for your love and commitment and for all you do.

“And I say to our beautiful daughters, Hannah and Alexandra, I work for, and fight for, the world I want for you.”

Wong said she experienced rejection growing up because, “of the colour of my skin, the colour of my hair, the shape of my eyes.”

“My mother, the third daughter of a farmer from the Adelaide Hills, married a Chinese man when the White Australia policy was still in place.

“It was this experience growing up in a predominantly white Australia that taught me the impact of fear and of prejudice, and it is from this experience that I am driven to remove discrimination and embed equality.

To all Australians thank you for standing up for fairness and equality. To my colleagues and all those who fought for this great outcome, thank you. pic.twitter.com/g8gaQJtzyC